“The next one will be an intergalactic journey.¬†It’ll be [set] maybe a year or two later, not 20 years [on]. I want to maintain this group of people, especially the young characters, and Jeff [Goldblum] and Brent [Spiner] will take part in it. It’ll be fun to keep that group together.‚ÄĚ Would this famously sequel-shy filmmaker hand the reins to another director? Not likely. “Will I definitely direct it? Oh yes. I’d never, ever let someone else do it.”

Emmerich vervolgde:

“I imagine them now going in one of these ships they’ve rebuilt into a wormhole.¬†I think it’ll be the classic of going into space but it has to be about Earth, and we have a really good idea for that.”